The Fall of Atlantis

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Summary: My favorite book
Review: I love this book. The Fall of Atlantis is one of MZB's earlier works. The story is not as well-plotted as her later works and there are even some minor mistakes in the book (about who is related and where they come from, etc.) but the heart-breaking character of Deoris brings the book to life. It's worth a read just for her story. The thing I like about MZB's writing is that you get to know her characters' thoughts and self-doubts. You can always relate to them on a real level even though they are set in a fantasy world. I highly recommend this book to anyone with a romantic heart.

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Summary: Not her best, but definatly a jem.
Review: I loved this book, though it was not as captivating as The Mists of Avalon, it was definatly superb. Filled with characters you could sink your teeth into and plot changes that were truly excellent. I would definatly recomend, but suggest you look at it as a seperate novel, rather than in comparison to some of MZB's other works.

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Summary: Um...was I reading the same book?
Review: I personally loved The Fall of Atlantis; I would never hesitate to recommend it. Granted, it's a darker, more subtle novel than either Mists or Firebrand, but in my opinion this is all to the good. Tracing the inevitable arc of the doomed city is an almost transporting experience. Read it!

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Summary: In defense...
Review: I read this book on the recommendation of a neighbor, and while it did not enchant me like The Mists of Avalon, I still loved it. It is in no way light or joy-filled, but its very darkness is what makes The Fall of Atlantis so compelling. Bradley's characters suffer deeply, and the reader suffers along beside them. Even their final triumph is so tinged with sorrow, that it is impossible to say whether this book ends happily or not. The Fall of Atlantis is a novel of depth, of humanity's weaknesses. In reading it, we are shown that light is forever twined with darkness; the one is just a shade of the other.

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Summary: Hmmmmm...
Review: I really enjoyed reading The Fall of Atlantis, but it seemed to lack something that is in Marion Zimmer Bradley's other books. Overall, though, it was a great book.

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Summary: Captivating and Well Done!
Review: I think "The Fall of Atlantis" was a very dramatic, emotional book. The first pages seem very good yet not superb, while at the end, you cannot put this book down. Marion Zimmer Bradley's imagination in this book is captivating. The world she created impressed me because it was so much like fantasy (with all the Magicians, Adepts, and Laws), yet so realistic. Domaris and Deoris are two excellent characters; they captured my attention from the start. The other main characters in the book also impressed me, especially Rajasta, Riveda, and Micon. When I put this book down, I thought: "Another one of Zimmer Bradley's excellent works!"

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Summary: Captivating and Well Done!
Review: I think "The Fall of Atlantis" was a very dramatic, emotional book. The first pages seem very good yet not superb, while at the end, you cannot put this book down. Marion Zimmer Bradley's imagination in this book is captivating. The world she created impressed me because it was so much like fantasy (with all the Magicians, Adepts, and Laws), yet so realistic. Domaris and Deoris are two excellent characters; they captured my attention from the start. The other main characters in the book also impressed me, especially Rajasta, Riveda, and Micon. When I put this book down, I thought: "Another one of Zimmer Bradley's excellent works!"

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Summary: What a disapointment...
Review: I was so disapointed about this one... I want you to know, though, that I've read all the MZB books, I love her style and my favourite book ever is "Mysts of Avalon", and "FireBrand" also. As the rest I find them not so good... but this... it simply isn't worth to read. As far as my opinion goes I believe that there's so much to write about Atlantis... It doesnt even appear to be written by MZB

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Summary: BUYER BEWARE
Review: I was very disapointed with THE FALL OF ATLANTIS, as I was expecting one of Bradley's Historical Fiction novels along the lines of her Avalon series, or The Firebrand. I thought the plot was weak and uninspiring.

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Summary: a little disappointing
Review: I'm a great fan of MZB, and an even greater fan of her Darkover series, but I was a little disappointed with this one. Perhaps because it was written in her earlier years (I think), she does not write with the depth that I was expecting.